What's the best way to avoid these stupid police checkpoints?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are they checking? Does everyone have to show if?

Yes everyone(not just the driver) has to show ID and proof of citizenship. A real ID is not proof of citizenship. You also have to give a reason why you are traveling- where you are going, who you are meeting, where you are coming from, address of employer, etc. They can impounded your car and take your phone if ICE or Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Is this legal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are they checking? Does everyone have to show if?

Yes everyone(not just the driver) has to show ID and proof of citizenship. A real ID is not proof of citizenship. You also have to give a reason why you are traveling- where you are going, who you are meeting, where you are coming from, address of employer, etc. They can impounded your car and take your phone if ICE or Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

You never have to answer any questions. It's called the Fifth Amendment.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/15/dc-police-ice-national-guard-laws-rights/

[Anonymous]

So we’re supposed to carry our passports going to work every day? That’s crazy.

[Anonymous]

I got caught in the one on North Capitol yesterday. Waste of time! Added an hour to my commute home. Where is antifa?! The fascists are here! Just kidding, we know it was a false flag by the Bugaloo Boyz. There is no antifa. We are stuck in this dystopian nightmare.

If you get stuck in a very long traffic jam, longer than usual, it’s a checkpoint.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe a city full of political operatives haven't figured out how to defeat this. There should be a way to get text alerts about checkpoints so people can avoid them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are they checking? Does everyone have to show if?

Yes everyone(not just the driver) has to show ID and proof of citizenship. A real ID is not proof of citizenship. You also have to give a reason why you are traveling- where you are going, who you are meeting, where you are coming from, address of employer, etc. They can impounded your car and take your phone if ICE or Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

No.


Read this:
https://www.acludc.org/app/uploads/2020/02/final-acludc_kyr_stopandfrisk.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got caught in the one on North Capitol yesterday. Waste of time! Added an hour to my commute home. Where is antifa?! The fascists are here! Just kidding, we know it was a false flag by the Bugaloo Boyz. There is no antifa. We are stuck in this dystopian nightmare.

If you get stuck in a very long traffic jam, longer than usual, it’s a checkpoint.

Of course, by then it's too late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got caught in the one on North Capitol yesterday. Waste of time! Added an hour to my commute home. Where is antifa?! The fascists are here! Just kidding, we know it was a false flag by the Bugaloo Boyz. There is no antifa. We are stuck in this dystopian nightmare.

If you get stuck in a very long traffic jam, longer than usual, it’s a checkpoint.

I was stuck in this too yesterday. I didn’t have to show ID like a PP said, but it doubled my commute and did feel very distopian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So we’re supposed to carry our passports going to work every day? That’s crazy.

They are probably going after people with accents, low English skills or ethnic names. They probably ask everyone to avoid discrimination law suits, but it is not meant for people who seem “American”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got caught in the one on North Capitol yesterday. Waste of time! Added an hour to my commute home. Where is antifa?! The fascists are here! Just kidding, we know it was a false flag by the Bugaloo Boyz. There is no antifa. We are stuck in this dystopian nightmare.

If you get stuck in a very long traffic jam, longer than usual, it’s a checkpoint.

Of course, by then it's too late.

Traffic was so backed up yesterday, you could definitely bail before the checkpoint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got caught in the one on North Capitol yesterday. Waste of time! Added an hour to my commute home. Where is antifa?! The fascists are here! Just kidding, we know it was a false flag by the Bugaloo Boyz. There is no antifa. We are stuck in this dystopian nightmare.

If you get stuck in a very long traffic jam, longer than usual, it’s a checkpoint.

I was stuck in this too yesterday. I didn’t have to show ID like a PP said, but it doubled my commute and did feel very distopian.

If you didn't have to show ID what did they ask you to do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we’re supposed to carry our passports going to work every day? That’s crazy.

They are probably going after people with accents, low English skills or ethnic names. They probably ask everyone to avoid discrimination law suits, but it is not meant for people who seem “American”

Even so, everyone has to waste an hour sitting in their car, waiting to get through the checkpoint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we’re supposed to carry our passports going to work every day? That’s crazy.

They are probably going after people with accents, low English skills or ethnic names. They probably ask everyone to avoid discrimination law suits, but it is not meant for people who seem “American”

This. Irony is I’m not American, but I am a white blonde woman so they don’t care and don’t ask me anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got caught in the one on North Capitol yesterday. Waste of time! Added an hour to my commute home. Where is antifa?! The fascists are here! Just kidding, we know it was a false flag by the Bugaloo Boyz. There is no antifa. We are stuck in this dystopian nightmare.

If you get stuck in a very long traffic jam, longer than usual, it’s a checkpoint.

I was stuck in this too yesterday. I didn’t have to show ID like a PP said, but it doubled my commute and did feel very distopian.

If you didn't have to show ID what did they ask you to do?

They narrowed three lanes down to one and you had to drive through slowly

[Anonymous]

It would be helpful if everyone (even people who don't drive!) reported any police of any type they see anywhere on Waze. Aside from sparing your fellow Washingtonian lots of headaches, it would be the worst thing in the world for the administration to spend all this money on enforcement and have virtually nothing in the way of arrests to show for it.